Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, has joined other Nigerians to reject calls for the sale of national assets to help bring the country out of the current economic recession, Premium Times reports.

Falana said it was sad that senators who are supposed to defend the Constitution and the country’s assets were amongst those making such suggestions.

Falana warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to listen to such calls as those making them, the senators inclusive were only interested in buying up the national assets for themselves.

“But for selfish considerations, a few legislators who may be queuing up to participate in the purchase of the nation’s assets are not prepared to defend the Constitution.

“If the senate is genuinely desirous to contribute meaningfully to the debate on the economy, it should, as a matter of urgency, propose a substantial reduction in the jumbo emoluments of federal legislators which are said to be the highest in the world.”

He said the suggestion was “in total conflict with section 16 of the (Nigerian) Constitution which has prohibited the concentration of the nation’s wealth in the hands of a few people or a group.

“Indeed, by virtue of section 44 of the Constitution, the nation’s natural resources shall be held in trust for the Nigerian people by the federal government.”

Oludolapo Adelana

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